The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-24
KIRKW00D IS ACQUITTED.
THE NEWS FAKTBS At WO5sK ON THE
RAHRAY MYSTERY.

Mrs. Harris's Stretched Stery About Her
BrOther-in- Law Explained nnd ExDioa-
ed-The Inquest Yesterday Strengthens
Some old Suspicious.
The & Evening Sun" Of New York, yes
teraay allowed Larry Mott, OF Newark, TO
impose one Of his fakes on it in connection
with the Railway murder mystery that may
cost it some money before it gets through
with the matter. Last Sunday morning
the NEWS published the story Of Mrs.
Space, Scotch resident Of Decker
town, that the body of the murdered girl
was that of her sister, Mary Dernan, who
she believed had left Scotland for this
country, and not been seen since. Mrs.
Harris, Mrs. Spaces sister, who lives IN
New Ro1k, ives not SO positive when she
viewed the body. Larry Motifs " fake to
the Evening Sun" yesterday made Mrs.
Harris say that she was sure that the body
was that of her sister, with broad intima-
ton that her brother in-law, Mr. Kirk
wood, who lives at No. 161 Fourteenth
street, this city. had ruined Mary in her
youth, and had brought her to this country
to murder her to chop off her divulgenee of
crime. A Reporter Of THE SUNDAY
MoRasso Nsws found Kirk wood at his
boarding house at midnight, last night. He
said that Mrs. Harris was addicted to
drin <. and it is to that alone that he as
cribes her distorted story. He declares
that he is not positive that Mary even left
Scotland. She had written to hi that
81 g intended to come TO this country. but
he had received no word from her since.
Mary was married in tle old country, but
is not living with her husband, Nothing is
clearer than that the victim of the Railway
murder had never been N fried He dis
proved all possibility of his having MUIR.
dered the girl by showing his whereabouts
on March 25th, the night of the murder.
He went to Paterson seeking work, Mon-
day, March 20th. Daniel Donnelly and
Thomas Murphy went with him. He slept
with Murphy all the week. The following
saturday morning, at 6 o'clock, he lett
Paterson with James Hood, of No 100
Coles Street, this city, and came to town
That covers the time of the murder, for it
was on Saturday morning that the body
Was found. He is positive that the girl in
the nnorgue is not the missing sister,
The {. faker charged, too. that Chief of
Police Murphy proposed to take steps to
| arrest Kirkwood. Chief Murphy said last
evening that he knew nothing of the mat
ter, except what he had seen in the Even
ing Sun.
Kirkwood says that he intends to make
it interesting for the Sun for charging him
| with murder He visited Police Inspector
Byrnes, Of New York, about the matter
last night.
A SUNDAY MORNING News reporter saw
Mr. james Hood, of 100 Cobs street, Jersey
City, last night, to see what he would say
about Mr. Kirkwood. He said that he was
with Mr.. Kirkwood all through the week.
He slept IN the same room with him Friday
might, and went to the train with him
Saturday morning.
l-RAHwAY, April. 90 The inquest in the
case of the unknown girl found murdered
on Central avenue. on the morning of
March 26sh was resumed this morning in
the City Hall by Coroner Terrill and jury
in the presence of large number of clti-
gems. Charles Hendershot, one of the
| workmen in Bloodgood's mill, who lives IN
| the same house with joe Riefie, the
keep per of the Meeker Mansion, became SO
com used IN his ties nony, and WAS so
reticent that the Coroner became susps-
cious Hsnaershot said that he had been
| living ia the same house with Riefas about
| four mouths, and knew Sadie Van Ness,
who works in the same mill that he does.
! On the day the body was found, he first
| heard of it at the mill. A man named
Michael Harner was the one who told
him of it. Witness did. not see the
body Of the dead girl until the
following Sunday, when he saw it
at Rynos morgue. On that occasion
| Jeff was with him. After looking at the
body they both went to church, and alter
ward went home and staid there all day.
| The wines said at first that on the night
previous to the findiAg of the body he went
to bed at o'clock, but afterward admitted
that he was at the party that night in
Treats house The witness became per-
ceptibly nervous when he was handed the
basket containing eggs that had been
found near the body. He recoiled when
asked to take it, and the Coroner had al
most to force it between his fingers.
''Did you ever see that basket on the
Meaker place ?" asked the Coroner.
The witnes averted his face.
'sThs one 1 saw there" he answered,
s'was ono size larger"
Juror William frunt, who was outspoken
il his belief that William keech Was the
murderer, asked, this afternoon, that he be
excused IRON fusther duty as asmser OF
the jury, IS he wanted to be sworn as a
witness. His request VAS GRANTEES, and he
wss allowed to leave Ais seat.
dee Reias was recalled Es tesliRea
that Sc wss shown lag Hzrdsrsrs kAlte
at Pelice Headqualters. ns Aa3 zeYsr
Sssn ass ike it before.
William Bruns, tAS ex-jStor, VISA than
sworn. Hetessihed hat he lived in JeiIer-
son avenue, not far frSm tn scene of tks
murder. JuTSr Ward broke ia upon Cor
Llner rerril several times. ana asked the
fwitness number Of questions. The Cor
oper raped sharply with bis gayel, bni
tons. He finally subsided with the re
mark: "Well, l will have my chance with
him when yen ara through" Brunt testI